CERRITOS COLLEGE Petition for Exception

Academic Renewal: A student may request up to 30 units of substandard course work attempted to be annotated and disregarded

in the computation of the student’s grade point average or requirements for a degree.

A student may be granted academic renewal only once.

Semester(s) Requested Course Name Course Name Course Name Course Name

If needed, please attach official transcripts of other colleges to meet 24 units requirement.

Term: Fall Spring Summer Year:___________

NAME: ________________________________________________________ STUDENT NO._______________________

Last Name First Name M.

Address: __________________________________________________________________________________________

Student Signature:__________________________________ Date: _____________

This request has been: Approved Denied

College Official Date

Course Repetition:

Upon approval, the course below will be counted in computing Cerritos College grade point average.

Official Transcripts are REQUIRED.

Course to be replaced Past Grade Term/Year New Grade Term/Year

An Academic Renewal procedure permits alleviation of previously recorded sub-standard (“D,” “F,” and “NP”) academic perfor-

mance which is not reflective of a student’s present demonstrated ability and level of performance. The permanent academic

record shall be annotated in such a manner that all work remains legible, ensuring a true and complete academic history.

1. A student may request that up to 30 units substandard coursework attempted be annotated and disregarded in the computa-

tion of the student’s grade point average or requirements for a degree. Only those requested courses with substandard

grades will be disregarded.

2. At least twenty-four (24) units of college work from an accredited institution with a grade point average of 2.0 must be com-

pleted after the 30 units of course work to be alleviated.

3. A student may be granted academic renewal only once.

4. No alleviated course work shall apply toward degree requirements.

5. On the petition, the student must specify the course(s) to be considered under the academic renewal policy as well as the

term in which the course work was attempted.

6. Some senior-level institutions and possibly, certain out-of-state community colleges do not honor academic renewal. It is the

student’s responsibility to ensure that his/her transfer institution will approve of academic renewal from Cerritos College.

A student may petition for academic renewal at the Office of Admissions, Records, and Services.

Academic Renewal Policy

At Cerritos College, previous course enrollment is reviewed electronically for prior enrollment attempts. All courses have repeata-

bility limitations.

Students may repeat a course in which a substandard grade (D, F, NP, FW) or “W” in any combination has been received one

time. Students receiving any combination of substandard grades may petition the Academic Records and Standards Committee

for an exception to the two attempts rule. All petitions are subject to approval or denial. Upon completion of a repeated course,

the most recent grade earned will be computed in the cumulative grade point average and annotated in the student’s academic

record.

When a student repeats a class to alleviate substandard academic work, the previous grade and credit shall be disregarded in the

computation of grade point averages, but shall not be deleted from the student’s permanent record. Courses that are repeated

shall be recorded on the student’s permanent academic record using an appropriate annotation. Annotating the permanent aca-

demic record shall be done in a manner so that all work remains legible, insuring a true and complete academic history.

Students may use an equivalent course from an accredited college or university to replace a Cerritos College course in which a

substandard grade was recorded, if earned subsequent to the substandard grade at Cerritos College. The student must petition

the Academic Records and Standards Committee to record the change. The College may honor the prior course repetition actions

of other accredited colleges and universities in determining acceptance of credits, subject to student petition to, and approval by,

the Academic Records and Standards Committee .

Course Repetition Policy